From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.wa.amnet.net.au (smtp1.wa.amnet.net.au [203.161.124.50]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 177F010A18 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:30:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.wa.amnet.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id B131F7DA6A for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:30:57 +0800 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp1.wa.amnet.net.au Received: from smtp1.wa.amnet.net.au ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp1.wa.amnet.net.au [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id eOlUTC9VV4vU for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:30:56 +0800 (WST) Received: from gotss1.gotss.net (203.161.101.89.static.amnet.net.au [203.161.101.89]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp1.wa.amnet.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id C22077DA02 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:30:56 +0800 (WST) Received: from bouncy.gotss.net ([192.168.24.37] helo=bouncy) by gotss1.gotss.net with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KgrJH-0001w9-PY for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:30:55 +0800 Message-ID: <000701c91ac0$89d83220$2518a8c0@bouncy> From: "Kerry Hoath" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20080920002732.1E33C10B3F@speech.braille.uwo.ca> Subject: Re: State of accessibility on BSD systems Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:31:00 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:30:54 -0000 As far as I know there is no support for speakup under any of the **bsd operating systems. Some of the softsynths might compile however the primary development environment for many of them is Linux. Espeak should build and run if BSD has portaudio although I am not sure on this. Orca is part of gnome, and should also function, not sure how well however. There are a few blind people who use bsd styel operating systems, however those I know use telnet or ssh to access the machines from Windows. OSX of course has voiceover. Regards, Kerry. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cleverson" To: Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 8:00 AM Subject: State of accessibility on BSD systems Hello I would apreciate some info on screen readers and speech synthesisers, preferably soft synths, running on FreeBSD or other BSD variants, whether in a console or a graphical environment. Is there any blind user that uses FreeBSD for personal dayly productivity? Is it possible to install it without sighted assistance? Many thanks Cleverson _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup